Teen Charged With Stealing Boy's Wallet

July 03, 1996|By JENNIFER ANDES Daily Press

NEWPORT NEWS — An 18-year-old man charged with stealing a boy's wallet and giving alcohol and cigarettes to minors was arrested Tuesday after the juveniles reported the man to their parents, a police spokesman said.

Donald Causey, of the 700 block of Bellwood Road, was arrested at 12:50 p.m. in a wooded area behind Sidney Place, a road near the Jefferson Avenue-Main Street intersection, said officer Peter Edgette.

Causey was charged with assault and battery, robbery and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Edgette said. He was being held in the Newport News jail on $11,000 bond, a deputy said.

The charges stem from an incident Monday, he said, in which four young boys headed to the wooded area, which they considered a play area. Causey, an acquaintance, met them there, he said.

Causey wrestled with at least one of the boys and injured the boy's neck, Edgette said, which led to the assault and battery charge. The suspect also took one boy's wallet and some cash, he said.

Two of the boys, ages 11 and 13, told their parents what happened shortly before noon Tuesday, Edgette said. The police interviewed the boys and learned that they could probably find Causey in the wooded area, which is where he was subsequently arrested.